Vintage Edition SVG

About this design

Collectors prize a vintage stamp, and this birthday design borrows the idea. The outline is a tall postage stamp in near-black, with the scalloped, perforated edge you see when a stamp is torn from a sheet. Inside sits a champagne panel. Across its top, a gold star is flanked by two small leafy sprigs. Vintage is set in classic serif capitals across the middle, a gold rule with a diamond at its center runs below, and Edition closes the design in a soft script.

It is a playful nod to getting older without naming any age at all, so it fits any adult birthday from thirty up.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 18 pieces and 9 cut-outs. In the color version, the stamp, the panel, the star, the sprigs, the rule and each word are separate parts that stack, so glue paper from the back forward or use transfer tape for vinyl. The perforated edge is a series of small curves, so cut it slowly with a sharp blade. It passes our cut checks from about 5 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in warm near-black: the stamp with its perforated edge
• Champagne in pale champagne cream: the inner panel
• Gold in antique gold: the star, the two sprigs and the rule with its diamond
• Lettering in warm near-black: Vintage and Edition

Size guide

Under 5 inches the perforations get too small and the sprig leaves start to blur together. For sticker sheets or tiny tags, print the color version and use Print Then Cut.

Project ideas

1. A card that looks like a giant stamp, raised on foam squares.
2. Envelope seals for the invitations, printed and cut.
3. A label on a gift of something aged, such as cheese, coffee or a bottle.
4. A shirt or tote for someone who loves old things.
5. A guest book cover, with the stamp glued on the front.

Layering tips

Glue the champagne panel to the dark stamp first and check that an even border of black shows around it. Add the star in the center top, then tuck one sprig on each side, angled up and outward. Place Vintage across the middle, then the rule, then Edition. A kraft or textured card for the panel gives it the slightly worn feel of real old paper.

Changing the colors

Red and cream look like a classic postage stamp, and navy with silver feels more like an airmail label. Try these with our guide to changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

Aged to Perfection shares the same gentle joke, and Fifty and Fabulous offers a more formal card for the same table.